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LIFE’S BYWAYS!
Southern Oregon Miner
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Editor and Pubiuthei
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LEONARD N. 1ÍAU*
JAKE PIUME HALL,
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THOSE IHINDEK-GRABBING i’OKTLANP
JOI KNALiSlS!
Although it can hardly be called treason, the Ore
gon Journal's printing of three editorials in two days
lauding Ashland certainly is downright plagiarism.
Especially since that was to be the topic of one
of our editorials today.
Perhaps chief blame rests on shoulders oi heads
of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce, who promoted
such a successful banquet a few days ago that the
Portland visitors fled for home and typewriters with
nothing but praise on their trigger fingers and com
plimentary words on their lips.
We might go even further back than the annual
dinner and point an accusing finger at Police Chief
C. P. Talent and several other prominent Ashland
business men, whose constructive thinking and pos
itive ambition revived and renewed a decaying chain
ber of commerce organization.
But, now that the deed has been done, perhaps
the Miner should more appropriately accuse not only
the Chamber of Commerce members, but also the city
council and park commission for the parts they have
taken in making the Lithia City such a favorite edi­
torial topic over the state that this little home pape:
can’t even get a word in edgewise.
A pleasant day was almost spoiled for the Miner
by the Journal’s effusive outpouring on the merits of
Ashland until it occurred to us that, after all. we do
get to live here.
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SIXTY-TWO MILLION PROFIT IN 1936!
Regardless of the legal interpretation of property
rights involved, there are several things to be said
on behalf of sit-down strikers who take possession
of auto factories in their crusade for recognition of
collective bargaining.
For one thing, practically all manufacturers of
motor cars have sadly misrepresented some facts by
deleting from the picture that which is unfavorable to
their cause.
Without referring to any particular manufacturer
by name—it not being the Miner’s purpose to cast
aspersions on any one product—we would like to point
out a few bits of information the industry's heads
have omitted from their public utterances.
One manufacturer, whose plant has been shut
down by strikes in recent weeks, declared “Under
these conditions (granting of union demands) it is
impossible for us to make products of (our) quality
and (our) price.” A rather bald statement that re­
veals much when viewed in light of profits made by
the same corporation during 1936. We quote from a
Detroit newspaper:
“As for wage demands and their relation to price,
the * * * corporation made $62,110,543 profit in 1936.
77.6 per cent higher than in their previous peak year
in 1925. This profit was almost TWO MILLION DOL
LARS MORE THAN THE NET VALUATION OF
THEIR PLANTS AND PROPERTY AT THE END
OF 1936! With profits like these, wage increases (10
cents an hour) can be absorbed without increasing
the price of the product—unless the corporation’s
policy is completely controlled by greed.”
Another corporation suffering from sit-down dis-
orders has admitted expenditure of $840,000 in two
years for espionage services—for spying on their own
workmen so that union organization could be con-
trolled by well-aimed discharge of employes.
The hiring of detectives to stool-pigeon regular
employes is in itself an indictment of the good faith
of the industry, and while corporation heads plead
for more “honorable” behavior on part of striking
employes they might well also wash their own hands
of doubtful practices.
The wave of sit-down strikes is a national disgrace
chiefly because the attitude of big business toward
employes has of itself precipitated the demonstra
tions.
Ability . . .
rpOGETHER with being master
of every detail of our calling,
has been the cornerstone on which
we have founded our business.
It’« Better to Know Us and Not Need Us
Than to Need Us and Not Know Us
STOCK & LITWILLER
FUNERAL HOME
We Nevar Glosa—Phone K
OUR BASIC
NEEDS
fiy
LEONARD A. BARRETT
One of the lessons we have
learned from the recent depression
nusiastic determination to let nc
xternal condition deteat us
Per
laps there are ahead i us many ex
«eriences in our modern civilization
hat will require fortitude of life
■vond that exprvisn in the cov
ted wagon period
-.ct us briefly recall the three
■ •I tc human meds bread water,
ind light
If we eliminate
single
me of these needs, we c
All
hree are essential to life regard
•ss . our social or financial status
i i’heic are -iiiiple needa but they are
iccessary. and at least two of them
i ire given without price
We may
nave all the water and sunlight we
lesire
Bread, the statT of life
•oust be earned Our failur to ap-
preciate basic needs dwarfs our
evaluation of possessions that may
•ome slowly or rapidly Basic needs
lave more to do with courage than
■..th comfort of the individual. A
insic need which is the first to be
iistributed and the last to be de­
nied. has a wav of developing like
spiritual qualities n the life of one
*ho appreciates the basic need
Comfort may be gone with the
wind. but courage 1» a great rock
in a weary land.
We plead for a return to a better
appraisal and a deeper appreciation
>f those things that are basic needs
Possessions are perishable, but not
so, peacr of mind Tolstoy relates
that a wandering minstrel sang in
front of a noted hotel in Lucerne
Hie people applauded, but met the
minstrel s request for simple neces
sities with respectful silence
Na
hire is more generous Shall we be
more wise ’
Tue«day, April 6, 1937
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About People You Know! |
• I. E Ager of Klamath Falla not no bud, that is, it might be
visited with hia family here over worse Hilt what I n the use''
the week end
No doubt hut limi ii coinniisnion
• Art Gilbert, who bus been work
manager form of government 1s
Ing in I lunainulr, returned to his much preferable to our present
home here Saturday.
one. Form does not count for no
• Mr. and Mrs Frank Thompson much. Character Is what counts
of Portland were week end guests
If M inn Ashland had Industrious,
at the home of Mi' nini Mrs Sum cooperative characteristics Instead
Jordan
of |Hilltico-coinpctillvc, many of
• F.llls Kusaill,
the tilings that hint mid hinder
iting with Mi
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Herb would not t><* ours to suffer We
Moore iiinl Mr
I I-' E i would be helping each other to
Husstll, returned
home in j live instead of living off of euch
Port land Friday
| other. That we need a new M ihm
• Visiting here from ITlIluqtllll Ashland cannot lie doubted Hut
were Mr and M im I. .1 Medili e. law, what's the use ?
who I'.'illcil on relatlvi-H and friend*
The people ot Ashland arc fine,
Sunday.
the climate and scenery uri par
• 1 '-ii 1 O'Brien returned front excellence Our administrai!
Klamath Falla Saturday where i not no bml but the legal <
he h. in been ill lending a Soul hern
we cull M inn Ashland I n ii decrepit
Pacific company school
mid aged spinster that we should
• Mi mid 1 Mm Bub I'niHim Will
Visitors In I Hiiisinuli' over till lie ashamed of and we should get
a lll'W otic
Week-end
Try again.
• 1.1 living
WllN
Hvgirlfiilly
M in W
1.
M'll.M
I > M
called to Oakland by the sudden
death of her Non. George King
• Mi
mil Mra Paul Hau
M in Flillia Riggs mid Non Toddy,
left tor Roseburg recently Mis
Riggs ami son will remain for mi
Indefinite vlait with relatives
• Bi st made garden tools nt Pell's
Cornel
• TIStfc)
• Mrs Mary Scott uni dnught er.
Mrs Geraldine Lusk mid Mi mid
Mrs Bud May left foi Indiana
Saturday
Mm Scott mid M ih
Lusk plan to visit there several
months
• Mi
and Mra
1. .1
Orn
Klamath F'alls called on friends
here Friday.
n Mrs Afton Hannah, who i.
cently underwent mi operation nt
the Medford Community hospital
returned to her
‘
home here Sal
urday.
• Mrs J M Fùisterllng mid Em-
croon Easterling were bilxliieNN
visitors in Medford Saturday
• Mu C F! lIllNChki is expected
to return from Payette. Ida to- I
day, where she has spent the past I
three months visiting relatives
• The Mia tea E i rill 1 and Maxine
Gearhart .teachers in the Talent I
and Grants Pass schools, spent the |
week-end in ,*
Ashland with their |
parents. Mi
und Mm
Howard |
Gearhart
• .Miss Nina
Owens left for
evening after
Clark's parents here
is that our basic
needs are very
simple and not
difficult to sup
ply.
A çarefu
analysis of our
personal budget»
may disclose the
startling fact that
the larger part ot
our expenditure»
are not for these
basic needs but
• During a layoff from the Eepee
rather for luxu
Orville Hall in employed at Schuer-
nes,
some of
man's grocery.
which we might
• Miao luai II . R om having ipei1
do without very
her vacation In Ashland mid How­
burg, returned to Klamath Pulla
profitably. One ot the difficult prob
Sunday evening
lems which resulted from the last
period of prosperity was that we
accustomed ourselves to privileges
and possessions never before en
joyed. When these were denied us
we felt that the resulting economic
condition was both unreasonable
and unjust Of course, many people
did suffer unjustly and paid deadly
To the Flditor:
for the errors of others, but the
An article in your Issue of
larger group did not want for
March 31 from C. I. Home» was
basic necessities of life.
An interesting question i ansí»
Suppose we were left i destitute
somewhere beyond the reach of civ
■lization. without possessions, except
an ax, a gun, and plenty of ammuni­
tion. Would we be abli to build
an abode from, the uncut trees
of the forest and maintain life by
The Friendly class of the Chris­
the use of the gun’ If not. why not’
tian church will hold a covered
Our forefathers did What has mod dish
dinner at the home of Mm.
ern civilization taken from us that T J. O’Harra at 19 Granite street
>ur forelathers possessed’’ We are at 7 p. m. Friday, April 9.
not arguing fer a .-eturn to the so
All class members are urged
calleu rugged days of pioneering
to attend. prAgram including elec­
We are simply challenging a self-ex
tion of officers and social hour.
inclination of our innci rugged re
• A business visitor from Hilts
>urces o physical strength and en
Saturday was FTeddie Lehman.
NEW
EQUIPMENT
Brand, spanking new
equipment, from «tern
to stern, grace« our
plant plus Old Man
Experience
to give
and Intent
Hoffman-
equipment
. Htiebach
I deodoriz-
I like our
For those ciiHlomm Mho
gei ‘Vaught" hy circuin-
stuiKcs, ue Mill clean
and prcHi complete In
I WO Hol K m . X o extra
charge, of courue — juxt
pari of our servier
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